Hi there,My name is Jeremy, I am 41 and new to real estate investing.My wife and I are entrepreneurs and at this point one of us could easily free up enough time to become a real estate professional and take on our goal of building a large portfolio - for the purpose of long term investing but also the tax benefits (for now) associated with depreciation.We have very little experience.

I can do this either by house-hacking the place in 2 years' time (it's a house + large outbuilding) or structuring a gradual buy-out as I acquire the capital.

Tell your family and friends what you do to see if they are interested, if not start advertising your deal, if it's a good deal you will find cash buyers and most likely a private lender as well Another way is to run ads looking for private money  to score a good deal Good luck @Brian G.

Looking at my very first inquiry from my very first online ad (craigslist).

My dad was long as well pointing out things to the inspector and asking some good questions.Long story short the house has been added on 4 times.The attic didn't have nearly enough insulation and the inspector seemed very surprised at that. 

HelloQuick scenario is I got an off market property large enough to subdivide square footage wise however the lot is odd shaped so when I split the lots to meet the minimum widths the one lot falls short approximately 800 square feet.

Maybe that's a value added ?

Melissa Nevich Personally, I would like to build wealth over time through rental income from large apartment buildings.

I didn't get the same total expenses when I added it up, but all of those look reasonable.  

I am a structural engineer, registered in the state of NY, and having worked on new construction and renovations with small and large developers inspired me to take a leap of faith to become one of them.